Top talent management blogs
August 27, 2008
Sorry for the break in transmission. We're back. And I'd like to thank Kris Dunn and the team at Fistful of Talent for putting together their list of the best talent management blogs and particularly for including Strategic... Read more...
New KM Links
August 21, 2008
As KM Edge editor, I try to stay current with what's happening in the field of knowledge management--mostly by following blogs and publications devoted to KM topics. I usually find a lot more content than we have time or space to write about, so I've decided... Read more...
HCI / IBM: Integrated talent management
August 16, 2008
I attended another Human Capital Institute webinar on Thursday, outlining their joint research with IBM's Institute for Business Value into six key practices of talent management: strategy development, attracting and retaining, motivating... Read more...
UAE HR: the definitive guide?
August 14, 2008
I met with Aamir Rehman, author of Dubai & Co (which I have previously referred to) earlier this week. Aamir explained that his book is still being seen as the definitive guide to business to Dubai* (a status my HCM book... Read more...
Thumbs down for HR jargon
August 10, 2008
I just wanted to comment on article article on Management Issues. "It is a phrase loved by HR people, but even the most jargon-friendly managers struggle with the term "human capital" and have little idea what it... Read more...
UPS Tracking
August 9, 2008
The tool available from the UPS website is not really easy to... Read more...
The Olympics / Chinese productivity challenges
August 8, 2008
For my blog's anniversary, I asked whether there were subjects readers wanted me to post upon. One question was raised by Jo: How will we respond to the productivity challenge created by India and China? (thanks Jo).... Read more...
Doing KM in Japan
August 7, 2008
Spending the last week in Japan discussing the value of knowledge management with a client firm has given me the opportunity to revisit many Japanese ideas about KM, including the SECI model of knowledge sharing developed by Nonaka, Takeuchi, Konno,... Read more...
Evaluating Nassim Taleb’s The Black Swan
August 4, 2008
I recently finished reading The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb. I thought the book was very interesting and got the bug to read it because of the presentation that Larry Prusak made (no PowerPoint!) at the May APQC knowledge management conference in Chicago. The... Read more...
Enterprise 2.0: liberating human capital
August 3, 2008
I am quoted in an article on social networking published by the IOD's Director magazine, 'Social Workers'. The article, written by David Woodward, refers to Andrew McAfee's belief that enterprise 2.0 offers: "The potential for... Read more...
